About

* 5 of those kills were achieved with in a min making it a yet un-broken record

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Muhammad Mahmood Alam was a Pakistani Air Force jet fighter pilot during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965. He is the last fighter pilot to become an ace in a day, shooting down five Indian Hawker Hunter fighter jets in less than a minute on 7th September 1965 .The last four of which he downed within 30 seconds.

A national hero in Pakistan, Alam holds the world record for becoming an ace in the shortest amount of time. This bold feat also makes him the only jet pilot to become an ace in one day. Alam was already a respected leader and proficient pilot and gunner when the war started in April 1965. He piloted an F-86 Sabre and downed a total of nine Indian Hawker Hunters in the entire war, as well as damaging two others.

After the war in 1967, Alam was transferred as the Squadron Commander of the first squadron of Dassault Mirage III fighters procured by the PAF.